Alumni

Anna Bilski

Class of 2021
Burbank, California
Medical School: Northwestern University
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: International emergency medicine and global health policy, medical entrepreneurship, women’s health in emergency care, and gender and leadership in the field of Emergency Medicine
Hobbies/Interests:
yoga, music, traveling, going out dancing, cooking new recipes/trying new foods, museum going, adventuring
Interesting Fact: I’ve lived in Berlin and Paris, and am a dual American – EU Citizen with my parents hailing from Poland; I used to be an avid Polish Folk Dancer and Polish Girl Scout and speak/write in Polish fluently. Na zdrowie!

Erin Bowler

Class of 2021
San Francisco, California
Medical School: Emory University
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Toxicology, Wilderness medicine, Global Health
Hobbies/Interests:
Hiking, mountain climbing, rock climbing, backpacking high routes in the Sierras, mountain biking, road biking, scuba diving, caving, camping, skiing, snow shoeing… basically anything outdoors in nature!
Interesting Fact: In my past life, I worked as a nurse in Lake Tahoe, Honduras, Iraq… and even Burning Man!

David Dillon

Class of 2021
Portland, Oregon
Medical School: Weill Cornell University
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Global health, using epidemiology to increase the efficiency of healthcare delivery
Hobbies/Interests:
Biking, hiking, bread baking, beer brewing, boats, seeking the perfect gin & tonic
Interesting Fact: I’ve traveled to 6 continents and lived on 4 of them. Australia continues to taunt me from afar!

Edward Grom

Class of 2021
Stratford, Connecticut
Medical School: Harvard University
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Health policy, underserved populations, global health
Hobbies/Interests:
Creative writing, running, Netflix
Interesting Fact: I once directed a viral YouTube video that got over 2 million views and was featured on TV.

Kevin Hanley

Class of 2021
Manhattan Beach, California
Medical School: Keck SOM USC
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: US, research, community outreach to the underserved population
Hobbies/Interests:
Running, finding new breweries, eating great Mexican food, alternative music and festivals
Interesting Fact: It took me 3 years, 9 days, 3 hours and 19 minutes to finish the Los Angeles Marathon. Also, I once met Tina Fey, but before I could take a picture with her, Meryl Streep interrupted us to talk to Tina in private.

Paul Hausknecht

Class of 2021
Houston, Texas
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Ultrasound, Wilderness Medicine, Global Health, Medical Education
Hobbies/Interests:
Mountain biking, rock climbing, camping, fishing, urban farming
Interesting Fact: Amateur beekeeper and home brewer

Timothy Hong

Class of 2021
Seattle, Washington
Medical School: University of Rochester
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Ultrasound, Sports Med, Simulation, Palliative Care
Hobbies/Interests:
Climbing, ultimate frisbee, martial arts, hiking
Interesting Fact: I’m a Ravenclaw. I have a secret twitter account that you will never find. Also, deer have no gallbladders.

Jonathan Kobles

Class of 2021
Farmington, Connecticut
Medical School: University of Connecticut
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Medical Education, Health Policy, Disparities in Healthcare
Hobbies/Interests:
Tennis, bicycle touring, photography, exploring national parks, language learning
Interesting Fact: I once cycled from the San Francisco Bay to the Connecticut shoreline over a course of 55 days!

Shelby Legeros

Class of 2021
Honolulu, Hawaii
Medical School: Keck SOM USC
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Healthcare for LGBTQ and other underrepresented groups, Quality improvement
Hobbies/Interests:
Rock climbing, making music, stress cooking, watching horror-satire movies, and collecting new hobbies – most recently surfing and modern calligraphy
Interesting Fact: After graduating from college I lived in an illegally converted office space with ten other people in NYC

Nicholas Mauricio

Class of 2021
Palos Verdes, California
Medical School: Boston University
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Ultrasound, Addiction Medicine, Medical Education
Hobbies/Interests:
Travel, cooking, mastering the perfect cup of coffee
Interesting Fact: I once waited five hours in the rain for sushi

Emily Neill

Class of 2021
Kentfield, California
Medical School: Keck SOM USC
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Global health, social determinants of health
Hobbies/Interests:
Dogs and outdoors; ideally a combination of the two. Baseball fanaticism - Go Giants! Food: eating, cooking and sharing it with loved ones.
Interesting Fact: I lived in Santiago, Chile, for a year during medical school, and consequently I now know a lot of truly odd Chilean slang.

Joseph Nelson

Class of 2021
Brooklyn, New York City
Medical School: New York University
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Health disparities in the Emergency Department, administrative efficiency in emergent and urgent health centers
Hobbies/Interests:
Figure drawing, interior design, oil & canvas, acrylic painting
Interesting Fact: My dream job was to become an artist, after realizing most successful artists are also starving, I decided to become a physician instead.

Saned Raouf

Class of 2021
Global nomad, but more recently Denver, Colorado
Medical School: University of Colorado
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Global health, humanitarian response, disease surveillance
Hobbies/Interests:
Climbing, hiking, boxing, traveling, languages
Interesting Fact: I am on a mission to hike all active volcanoes in the world.

Grace Taylor

Class of 2021
Arlington, Massachusetts
Medical School: Harvard University
Training: UCSF-ZSFG Emergency Medicine Residency Program
EM Interests: Critical care, medical informatics and clinical decision support systems, social justice in medicine
Hobbies/Interests:
Running, playing the guitar and mandolin with friends, chess, drinking coffee
Interesting Fact: My first experience at UCSF was when I was interviewing for medical school and lost my luggage right outside the San Francisco General Hospital Emergency Department ten minutes before my interview.